Sept 4, day 33 OTR

We had thunderstorms all around us last night but not on the campground in Kanab.  We left around 8 am this morning to drive to the north rim of the Grand Canyon.  Do do that we flip flopped between Utah, where we were, and Arizona, where the canyon is.  There is much evidence of forest fires on the drive in, either last year or early this year since some of the ground cover is back.  The road up to the North Rim is quite good and there was not much traffic since we are after the holiday.  Birch tree stands mix with the conifers.

At the entrance to the North Rim we were at 8827 feet and at the Visitors Center we were at 8255 feet of elevation.  We walked out to Bright Angel point and had a good view of the canyon.

the view is just gorgeous.  Before we left the park we got ice made from Grand Canyon spring water and we filled our water jug with the spring water.

We had some rain as we came out of the park, really the first rain pretty much since we started.  From Grand Canyon we went back to Kanab to us the wifi at McDonald's and then continued on to Bryce Canyon.  We are driving US 12, designated a Scenic Byway and an All American Road.  We drove through the Red Canyon before we hit Bryce.  As we entered Bryce we turned 8000 km on the odometer.

I have also added some more pictures to the link at the top so enjoy.  Tomorrow we had to Capital Reef and on to Green River, UT for the overnight.  That will truly mark the beginning of our homeward journey since Green River is on Interstate 70.